History Characters / Patapon

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[[folder:Queen Kharma]]
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!Karmen
[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:200:A regular Karmen soldier]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They are the main villains of ''Patapon 2'', and they are never seen without their tribal war masks.
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[[folder:Makomen and Aimen]]
Two Karmen stationed in a desert outpost. After Aimen is killed in a Patapon attack, Makomen swears revenge on the Patapons(does this sound familiar?), and [[SubvertedTrope is never seen again]].

* CallBack: Their only purpose in ''Patapon 2'''s story is to be a cute little gag re-enacting Aiton's death and Makoton's StartOfDarkness but with Karmen instead of Zigotons. After completing the mission they are in, Meden will remark on the day's events saying it reminds her of a previous desert outpost the Almighty conquered where a Zigoton woman was killed, referring to Aiton.

[[folder:Generals Nomen, Kimen and Hukmen]]

[[folder:Ormen Karmen]]
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!Dark Ones

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[[caption-width-right:300:General Kuwagattan and a trio of Dark Ones]]
* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Being Black Hoshipon's minions, they are this.
* ArcVillain: They only show of for a cluster of five levels in ''2'', essentially replacing the Karmen. When their leaders, Dark One and General Kuwagattan are killed, they never appear again afterward. They also appear for a handful of levels in ''3''.
* CoolHelmet: Unlike the other tribes throughout the games, even their basic grunts get intimidating insectoid-looking helmets.
* TheLegionsOfHell: Dark Ones are servants of Black Hoshipon brought up from the Underworld, so for all intensive purposes they are this.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: The Dark Ones may or may not be the resurrected bodies of the hundreds of dead Zigotons the Patapons killed in the first game.

[[folder:Black Hoshipon]]
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The mastermind and supreme leader of the Dark Ones, Black Hoshipon is an enigmatic figure who exhibits a great deal of power over the [[TheLegionsOfHell denizens of the Underworld]]. She appears in ''Patapon 2'' as an ally of the Karmen who obstructs the Patapons' march to Earthend with her army of Dark Ones, and also exhibits control over [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Garuru]] at the World's Core. In ''Patapon 3'' she loans her army to the side of the Dark Heroes and once again halts the Uberhero's path with a demon named Balrog.

* AmbiguousGender: She is given female pronouns in ''2'', but is referred to multiple times as male and a "boy" in ''3''. It's also expressed by multiple characters that they can't tell by looking at them.
* ArcVillain: Being the leader of the Dark Ones, she only shows up where they do.
* {{Necromancer}}: She resurrected both General Beetleton and Makoton to serve her in undeath, and it's implied that the rest of her army is made up of undead Zigotons as well.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Of the Hoshipons, Black Hoshipon is explicitly the only one who is not a world-wandering {{Cloudcuckoolander}} or on the Patapons' side. This is expressly evident when (s)he is contrasted with the other Hoshipons in a level in ''3''; Golden Hoshipon is a [[TheDitz ditz always getting into trouble]], Mecha-Hoshipon is a mysterious but neutral figure, and Silver Hoshipon is a CoolOldGuy who is [[MentorArchetype mentoring your Uberhero's party]].

[[folder:General Kuwagattan]]
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The intimidating and fearsome field commander of the Dark Ones, General Kuwagattan is General Beetleton brought BackFromTheDead by Black Hoshipon. He faces your entire army alone in the level "At Ground Zero", but is eventually reinforced by the Sentient Demonic Mushroom Matango.
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* CallingYourAttacks: Right before he attacks, he will telegraph it by taunting your army, allowing you a split second to dodge.
* CameBackStrong: Kuwagattan is a ''lot'' tougher than Beetleton ever was, going from a strong unit reinforced by a Zigoton army into a FourStarBadass capable of taking on the whole Patapon army by himself.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Kuwagattan takes quite a bit of punishment, made worse when he retreats behind Matango and calls for Dark One soldiers to reinforce him, making him harder to hit. Once Matango is dead, he'll fight to the death.
* DuelBoss: Subverted. He looks like he's going to be like this until he's reinforced by Matango, who applies Sleep to your patapons and makes them easy pickings for Kuwagattan's hammer.
* DropTheHammer: Like Beetleton, Kuwagattan fights with a huge hammer that can squash your frontline Patapons, although it's much more [[SpikesofVillainy spiky]] than before.
* FourStarBadass: He's one of the two military leaders of the Dark Ones, and he can seriously kick some ass.
* HornsOfVillainy: He wears a gigantic spiky four-pronged helmet that gives him this effect.
* IShallTauntYou: He does this all throughout his boss fight. Before performing his ShockwaveStomp, he will [[CallingYourAttacks tell your army to prepare itself]].
* LargeAndInCharge: He has the build of a Dekapon, and is either second-in-command or of equal rank to Dark One.
* ShockwaveStomp: In addition to bashing your units with his hammer, he can slam down on the ground with it and momentarily stun your whole army.

!Dark Heroes
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* ThemeNaming: The Dark Heroes are all named after one of the SevenDeadlySins and an animal, respectively; Madfang Ragewolf(Wrath/wolf), Naughtyfins(Lust/fish), Standoffish Sonarchy(Pride/bat), [=RottenLee=] Ravenous(Greed/raven), Gluttonous Buzzcrave(Gluttony/fly), Slow-Moving Slogturtle(Indolence/turtle), and Miss [[IncrediblyLamePun Covet-Hiss]](Envy/snake).
* QuirkyMiniBossSquad: They each have their own unique personalities and infight frequently, but are not considered bosses by the game, although you can fight multiple of them at once.

[[folder:Standoffish Sonarchy]]
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The second-in-command of the Dark Heroes, Standoffish Sonarchy is the Dark Hero of Pride and his personality heavily reflects it. Despite acting more important than he is, he is still subservient to the Dark Heroes' leader, Miss Covet-Hiss. He is a powerful foe in his own right, however, being an EvilCounterpart of the Wondabarappa and Jamsch Uberhero classes and possessing powerful {{Status Infliction Attack}}s with his horn.


In his previous life, Sonarchy was Prince Sonarch of the ancient Aah-Ooh tribe, and his father was King Ighl. Together they were responsible for releasing the Seven Archfiends and destroying the Patapon civilization.

* BigBadWannabe: Standoffish Sonarchy acts like he's the "leader" of the Dark Heroes, despite his allies not really respecting his authority. Justified, since as the Dark Hero of Pride it would make sense that his ambitions would exceed his actual status.
* BlowThatHorn: Sonarchy has a huge, ornate double-barreled horn with which he plays deadly music.
* MusicalAssassin: Being a Wondabarappa/Jamsch counterpart, he deals damage by playing songs with his horn.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Despite being a prideful jerk who claims to be more in control of his teammates than he really is, Sonarchy is completely deferential to his [[AmbiguousGender father/mother]] Miss Covet-Hiss and seeks validation from impressing them.

[[folder:Gluttonous Buzzcrave]]

[[folder:Slow-Moving Slogturtle]]

[[folder: Miss Covet-Hiss]]

!Minigame characters
[[folder:Pan Pakapon and Ubo Bon]]

[[folder:Fah Zakpon and Pop Bean]]

[[folder:Kon Kimpon and Rumble Thump]]

[[folder:Rah Gashapon and Simmer Slurp]]

* DarkActionGirl: She is one of two Dark Heroes who are female, and like Miss Covet-Hiss is a force to be reckoned with, although she leans even more heavily into her femininity by acting extremely flirtatiously.

* ThemeNaming: The Dark Heroes are all named after one of the SevenDeadlySins and an animal, respectively; Madfang Ragewolf(Wrath), Naughtyfins(Lust), Standoffish Sonarchy(Pride), [=RottenLee=] Ravenous(Greed), Gluttonous Buzzcrave(Gluttony), Slow-Moving Slogturtle(Indolence), and Miss [[IncrediblyLamePun Covet-Hiss]](Envy).

* ArcVillain: They only show of for a cluster of five levels in ''2'', essentially replacing the Karmen. When their leaders, Dark One and General Kuwagattan are killed, they never appear again afterward.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Makoton in his first appearance]]
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In ''Patapon 2'', he is all but outright stated to be Dark One, the servant of Black Hoshipon raised from the underworld. They both have the same fighting style and Dark One also sells his soul to Gate Ghoul Bababaan, a larger and nastier version of Baban. The only thing that prevents him from confirming the link is that his memories have been wiped. Dark One perishes in the same way Makoton did after Bababaan is destroyed by the Patapons.

* DealWithTheDevil: This is a staple of his character. In ''1'' and ''2'' he resigned his soul to two different Gate Ghouls to try and gain enough power to destroy the Patapons, and ''3'' implies this is how the Archfiend of Wrath enslaved him inton becoming Ragewolf.

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[[caption-width-right:250:A regular Zigoton soldier]]

* {{BFG}}: Cannasualt and Cannogabang uberheroes carry these by design.

* SuperMode: As in ''2'', their special class abilities can only be activated and maintained by performing a perfect measure of notes

* ShockwaveStomp: In addition to bashing your units with his hammer, he can slam down on the ground with it and momentarily stun your whole army. Since you won't have the

[[folder:Black Hoshipon]]
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[[folder:General Kuwagattan]]
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!Dark Heroes

[[folder:Standoffish Sonarchy]]

[[folder:Gluttonous Buzzcrave]]

[[folder:Slow-Moving Slogturtle]]

[[folder: Miss Covet-Hiss]]

!Minigame characters
[[folder:Pan Pakapon and Ubo Bon]]

[[folder:Fah Zakpon and Pop Bean]]

[[folder:Kon Kimpon and Rumble Thump]]

[[folder:Rah Gashapon and Simmer Slurp]]

* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: At the start of each game, worship of the Almighty has all but died out, explainging why you'll need to rebuild your forces and providing an in-uiverse justification for each BagOfSpilling.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Being the commander of the Zigoton armies, he's also a OneManArmy who is more than capable of holding himself against your forces.

* AntiVillain: Gong believes that stopping the Patapons from reaching Earthend is genuinely the right thing to do, and the only thing that puts him in the "villain" camp is his undying allegiance to the Zigoton people. Averted once he becomes Ravenous, because he's BrainwashedAndCrazy like the rest of them.

* BlowYouAway: Gong the Hawkeye's signature move is using his SinisterScythe to hurl a tornado at your army that knocks them all flat on their rears. [[spoiler:This is the biggest clue to Rottenlee Ravenous' real identity in ''Patapon 3.'']]

* SinisterScythe: It's Gong's(and Ravenous') weapon of choice.